Briana Evigan

Briana Evigan Bio

Briana Barbara-Jane Evigan was born on October 23, 1986. Briana is an American actress and dancer, best known for her leading roles in Step Up 2: The Streets and Sorority Row.

Evigan was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Pamela C. Serpe, a dancer, model, and actress, and actor Greg Evigan. She is the youngest of three siblings, with brother Jason and sister Vanessa Lee. She has studied dance for nine years. She is also undertaking a speech and communication degree at Los Angeles Valley College.

A professional dancer, Evigan has appeared in music videos for Linkin Park, Flo Rida, T-Pain and Enrique Iglesias. She has also had small roles in television series and films such as Bottom's Up, Something Sweet and Fear Itself.

In 2008 she won the breakout role of Andie West in the sequel to the 2006 dance/drama film Step Up, Step Up 2: The Streets. Filming took place in late 2007 in Baltimore and was released February 14, 2008. The film which met with negative reviews with Rotten Tomatoes receiving 24% achieved box office success earning a worldwide gross of $148,424,320. Both Evigan and co-star Robert Hoffman earned the Best Kiss Award at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.

In 2009 she appeared in indie films Subject: I Love You and Burning Bright.

She appeared in the sequel to the cult film Donnie Darko, S. Darko, alongside James Lafferty and Ed Westwick. Originally intended for a theatrical release, the film was released straight-to-DVD on May 12, 2009, meeting with negative reviews.

It was announced in August 2008 that Evigan had signed on as the leading actress in Summit Entertainment's remake of the 1983 low budget horror film The House on Sorority Row. She stars alongside Audrina Patridge, Rumer Willis and Jamie Chung. Sorority Row was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 23, 2010.

On April 2, 2009, she received a 2009 ShoWest Award along with co-stars from Sorority Row for "Female Star of Tomorrow".

It has been announced she has signed on for another remake of the 1980 film Mother's Day, alongside Jaime King and Alexa Vega. Filming took place throughout August to October 2009; it is set for release on May 9, 2010.

Evigan has been dating Wicker member Max Nash since 2008.